Back القوات المسلحة السريلانكية Arabic শ্রীলঙ্কা সশস্ত্র বাহিনী Bengali/Bangla Streitkräfte Sri Lankas German Fuerzas Armadas de Sri Lanka Spanish نیروهای مسلح سریلانکا Persian Forces armées srilankaises French Angkatan Bersenjata Sri Lanka ID スリランカ軍 Japanese 스리랑카군 Korean Forças Armadas do Sri Lanka Portuguese

Sri Lanka Armed Forces

Sri Lanka Armed Forces
Service branches Sri Lanka Army
Sri Lanka Navy
Sri Lanka Air Force
HeadquartersColombo
Leadership
Supreme CommanderSri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Minister of DefenceSri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Secretary of DefenceSri Lanka Air vice-marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd)
Chief of the Defence StaffGeneral Shavendra Silva
Personnel
Military age18 years of age
ConscriptionNone
Available for
military service		5,342,147 males, age 16-49 (2010 est.),
5,466,409 females, age 16-49 (2010 est.)
Fit for
military service		4,177,432 males, age 16-49 (2010 est.),
4,574,833 females, age 16-49 (2010 est.)
Reaching military
age annually		167,026 males (2010 est.),
162,587 females (2010 est.)
Active personnel346,000 (ranked 14th)
Reserve personnel90,000
Deployed personnel18,000 (UN peace keeping)
Expenditure
BudgetUS$ 1.45 billion (2023)[1]
Percent of GDP1.93% (2020)
Industry
Domestic suppliersSLEME
Colombo Dockyard
Foreign suppliers People's Republic of China
 Russia
 India
 Pakistan[2]
 Israel
 United States
 United Kingdom
Annual exportsIndia India[3]
Maldives Maldives
Nigeria Nigeria[4]
Related articles
HistoryBoer War
World War I
World War II
Congo Crisis
First JVP Insurrection
Second JVP Insurrection
Sri Lankan Civil War
RanksArmy
Navy
Air Force

The Sri Lanka Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka encompassing the Sri Lanka Army, the Sri Lanka Navy, and the Sri Lanka Air Force; they are governed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The three services have around 346,700 active personnel; conscription has never been imposed in Sri Lanka. As of 2021 it is the 14th largest military in the world, with 1.46% of the Sri Lankan population actively serving.

  1. ^ "In Defense of Sri Lanka's Defense Budget". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  2. ^ "'Pak played key role in Lanka's victory over Tamil Tigers' - Indian Express". Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. ^ "India signs Rs 300 crore deal with Sri Lankan firm, IBN Live News". archive.ph. 30 June 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  4. ^ "SL Navy exports 9 Patrol Craft to Nigeria". Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.

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